![]() ![]() He is kept quite busy with his truck business." "The Sterling Borax Mine, near Lang, is working full time, three sets of miners working eight hours each, consequently the mine never stops working." Bricker, of the Bricker Grocery, was in San Fernando on Monday. Buttler of the Buttler Grocery was in Los Angeles the first of the week buying goods." "Mr. There were no screaming headlines, and one could find unlabeled opinion in almost every news story.Īmong the tidbits in the first issue of The Signal: "There have been several cases of the 'flu' here, but they are all up and around now." "Mr. When The Newhall Signal made its debut, a one-year subscription cost $2. Brown's fledgling publication had a hometown feel from the start, carrying front-page items about parties, trips to the beach and residents' shopping excursions to Los Angeles and other points south.īut even then, when Newhall was a sleepy rural town where talk at the corner store focused on a big crop or the proper way to breed chickens, there was a hint of the growth that would occur in the latter half of the century. 7, 1919, launching an 80-year tradition of vigilance and community journalism.Įdward H. So wrote The Signal's first editor, in the newspaper's very first issue, on Friday, Feb. "In conclusion, will say that we hope for the loyalty and help that is necessary to make this paper a credit to the town." "We should continually bear in mind that what tends to the true interest of one, helps others, and we must all work in harmony to promote the ongoing of our home section. "The columns of this paper will be open for the discussion of any subject that will be of interest or benefit to the people of the Newhall and Saugus sections, but we reserve the privilege of eliminating anything that smacks of malice. In order to do our best, we must have the unbiased support and cooperation of the good citizens of these communities, and we are looking forward with perfect faith that this assistance will be extended to us. "With this issue we unfurl the sails of The Newhall Signal upon the sea of journalism, and we hope that our efforts will be of service and benefit to the Newhall and Saugus valley area. ![]()
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